National Republican., 1887-08-03
HOW BEAUTY Is PROMOTED.
Secret of the Wonderful Bath Used by
the Egyptiau Princesses.

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The Egyptian princesses were renowned
for their beauty above all the women OF the
earth, from the earliest records down to
Cleopatra's time. Gas beautiful as prln
cess Of Egypt" was the superlatlve of com
pafison. No women In the world ever had
such compilations or such sklns, and there
is nothing in the world to-day to compare
with the skins Of the mummes OF women
taken from the tombs. This distinction
lasted over period Of 5000 years, aud was
commonly attributed 10 the "bath Of ISIS"
which was preserved for them with such
jealous care; but 1t was really more owing
to inheritance and the climate, united to
perfect health and phenomenal cleanliness,
than to the lotion. There never was any
secret about it's compenents. It was made
from lotus water and the adipocere OF q
rabbit. The trouble was to get the adipo-
cere, The lotus water was made by dis
tillaton, as rose water is now made, and
was In as common use among the Egyptian
women as rose water is with the American.
The adipocere was prepared in some way
by which the saccharzed oil was extracte |,
making IL Identical with our glycerlne, by
removing the waxy portion OF the fatty
matter.
Lebig took tho trouble to make the bath
first with rabbit adipocerc, and then with
the refined product, Its sweet oil, so that
he obtained the Identical "bath OF Isis"
He gave to bis friends to experiment with,
and they found the former good and the
latter excellent. He afterward made II
from our rose water and glycerine, and this
was much better than either OF the others.
The proportions vary. To keep the skin
soft, one-third glycerine to two thirds OF
ua nd hal, Iu ~,
portions in the "bath Of ISIS" as Its symbol
was thus subdivided but Liebig's expert.
ments showed that half-and-half were bout
the proportions when bringing the skin into
condition. Ten cents worth lasts month
cents worth Of the rose water OF com
merce (made from four drops Of rose oil to
an ounce of distilled water) and 5 cents
worth of the ordinary glycerine; but by
using the genuine rose water, made by dis
! tillation, and the chemically pure gyceriae
I obtained by second refining--whch can
| not be had at every drugglst's-you will get
a much better article than the "bath Of
| Isis" ever was. This lotion was alluded to
in the oldest book In the world, now In the
| national library In Psris-I mean the one
written by Prince Hotep, and taken from
| his coffin after It had lam beside him for
| over $500 years. The reason why our
| women have such bad skins is because they
are not cleanly. The Egyptians were the
1 healthiest people ever known, AMI this was
because they were the cleanest. Linen was
| never worn the second time without wash
lug. The princesses bathed in diluted lotus.
water many times daily, and night and
morning used the bath OF ISIS" They had
regular day each week for medical treat
ment, and, with oil Egyptian women, de-
voted three days in each month to medicines
to keep clean the inside as well as the out
side Of their bodies; SO that had there been
no "bath Of Isis' they would not have failed
to have beautiful complexions. This "bath'
merely gave their skin the satin touch and
velvet softness. Their perfect health did
the rest. No bath ever made will bleach
the yellow face OF person suffering from
| jaundice, or remove the pimples that come
from constitutional weakness and the
breaking up Of cellular tissues.